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• [Cryo-EM] The revolution will not be crystallized: a new method sweeps through structural biology: 09/09/15
• [DNA] Using DNA origami to build nanodevices of the future: 31/08/15
• [Fluid Dynamics] Energetic bacteria form frictionless superfluids: 10/07/15
• [Cell Biophysics] Magnetic levitation of single cells: 01/07/15
• [Emerging Techniques] Ultra-stable JILA microscopy technique tracks tiny objects for hours: 01/07/15
• [Emerging Techniques] X-rays and electrons join forces to map catalytic reactions in real-time: 29/06/15
• [‘Clock’ protein] Earth’s daily rotation period encoded in an atomic-level protein structure: 25/06/15
• [Protein Design] Designing proteins to self-assemble: 19/06/15
• [cyo-EM]:
  • Pushing the limits of electron microscopy: 05/06/15
  • Near-atomic resolution of protein structure by electron microscopy holds promise: 07/05/15
• [Synthetic Biology] DNA: Expanding code of life with new ‘letters’: 27/05/15
• [Nano-Biotechnology] Nanobionics supercharge photosynthesis: 19/05/15
• [Emerging Techniques] Measurement of a single nuclear spin in biological samples: 11/05/15
• [Biomaterials] Artificial muscles created from gold-plated onion cells: 05/05/15
• [Low-cost Microscopy] Lens turns smartphone into a microscope: Costs only 3 cents: 04/05/15
• [Molecular Interactions] Ions’ response to hydrophobic surfaces: 01/05/15
• [Self-assembly] Bacteria swim to form crystals: 29/04/15
• [Emerging Techniques] “Inertial imaging”: Simultaneous detection of mass and shape of single molecules: 27/04/15
• [Protein Folding] Ribosomes help careful protein folding: 24/04/15
• [Imaging] Multiplexed RNA imaging in single cells: 24/04/15
• [Simulations] Quantum model reveals surface structure of water: 20/04/15
• [Structural Biology] Resolving whole mitoribosomes: 17/04/15
• [Cell Biophysics] Stem cells can sort mitochondria by age: 17/04/15
• [Protein Structure] Engineering superenzyme function: 17/04/15
• [Cell Biophysics] Chameleons change colour by tuning nanoscopic structures in their skin cells: 18/03/15
• [Nanotech-DNA] Spherical nucleic acids set stage for new paradigm in drug development: 16/03/15
• [Nanoscopy] AFM nanoscale imaging of live cells: 12/03/15
• [Microscopy] Super-resolution microscopes reveal the link between genome packaging and cell pluripotency: 12/03/15
• [Protein Structure] Giant crystals grown inside leaving cells: 12/03/15
• [Simulations | Original Article] Bayesian Inference of Initial Models in Cryo-Electron Microscopy Using Pseudo-atoms: 10/03/15. See also:
  • [Video] Reconstruction of the 50S Ribosome from the Initial Random Model to the Final Model: 10/03/15
• [Simulations] Coarse-Grained Model of RNA Provides Insight into RNA Strand Displacement Reaction: 10/03/15
• [Neuroscience] Bioelectric signals spark brain growth: 10/03/15.
• [Nuclear Pores] A closeup view of the nuclear pore’s coat: 06/03/15.
• [Emerging Techniques] Single-protein spectroscopy: 06/03/15. See also:
  • [Original Article] in Science: 06/03/15.
  • [Commentary Article] Science: Perspective | Physics: 06/03/15.
• [Emerging Techniques] X-ray imaging of a single virus in 3-D: 04/03/15
• [Neuroscience] Scientists crack piece of neural code for learning, memory: 02/03/15
• [Sensing] Cryptochrome, a magnetically sensitive protein, helps birds navigate via magnetic field: 27/02/15
• [Minimal Life] First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life: 27/02/15
• [Protein Interactions] A new tool provides maps of protein interactions for 2,800 diseases: 27/02/15
• [Cell Biophysics] Molecular mouse-trap technique sheds light on key cell processes: 25/02/15
• [Emerging Techniques] Photonics: Water lens with adjustable focus: 25/02/15
• [Emerging Techniques] Optical nanoantennas set the stage for a NEMS lab-on-a-chip revolution: 24/02/15
• [Nanotech-Medicine] Together, nanotechnology and genetic interference may tackle ‘untreatable’ brain tumors: 24/02/15
• [Nanomechanics] Motor proteins prefer slow, steady movement: 23/02/15
• [Nanotech-DNA] Building tailor-made DNA nanotubes step by step: 23/02/15
• [Emerging Techniques] SuperSTEM microscope sees single atoms: 20/02/15
• [Emerging Techniques] Direct observation of bond formations: 19/02/15
• [Epigenome]
  • Researchers unravel health/disease map: 18/02/15
  • ‘Most comprehensive map’ of human epigenomes is unveiled: 18/02/15
  • Epigenome: The symphony in your cells: 18/02/15
  • Beyond the genome: 18/02/15
• [Cell Biophysics] Mutant bacteria that keep on growing: 18/02/15
• [Information] Long-term data storage in DNA: 18/02/15
• [Emerging Techniques] Engineer, physicist to turn the inner workings of living cells into ‘molecular movies’: 15/02/15
• [Sensing] How capsaicin channels pain relief: 13/02/15
• [Tight Junctions] How a toxin makes epithelial sheets leaky: 13/02/15
• [Cell Biophysics] New fluorescent protein permanently marks neurons that fire: 12/02/15
• [Year of Light 2015]
  • A single light: 11/02/15
  • Light fantastic: 11/02/15
• [Selfassembly] Bacterial armor holds clues for self-assembling nanostructures: 11/02/15
• [Imaging] First X-ray portraits of living bacteria: 11/02/15
• [Nanopore] DNA ‘cage’ could improve nanopore technology: 10/02/15
• [Cell Biophysics] Computer model of blood development could speed up search for new leukemia drugs: 09/02/15
• [Simulations] ‘Virtual virus’ unfolds the flu on a CPU: 08/02/15
• [Sensing] Plasmons can map temperature on the nanoscale: 06/02/15
• [Nanotech-DNA] DNA control of bonding interactions: 06/02/15
• [Expression Profiling] Single-cell expression analysis on a large scale: 06/02/15
• [Protein Evolution] Exploring the limits of protein sequence space: 06/02/15
• [Protein Evolution] 15-million-year-old mollusk protein found: 05/02/15
• [Photonics] The power of light-matter coupling: 05/02/15
• [Emerging Techniques] Acoustic tweezers device expands the range of x-ray crystallography: 05/02/15
• [Microscopy] New microscopy technique allows mapping protein synthesis in living tissues and animals: 04/02/15
• [Imaging] Overcoming the limits of the microscope: 30/01/15
• [Imaging] Fluorescent dyes ‘light up’ brain cancer cells: 30/01/15
• [Protein Interactions] DNA nanoswitches reveal how life’s molecules connect: 30/01/15
• [Protein Structure] Powerful tool promises to change the way scientists view proteins: 29/01/15
• [Nanofibers] Spider electro-combs its sticky nano-filaments: 28/01/15
• [Protein Evolution] : 27/01/15
• [Bioenergetics] The structure of the largest protein complex in the respiratory chain (complex I), revealed: 27/01/15
• [Nanomechanics] Collagen: Powerful workout with water: 26/01/15
• [Protein Folding] Engineering self-assembling amyloid fibers: 26/01/15
• [Proteasome] A detailed look at proteasomes in situ: 23/01/15
• [Imaging] Cancer Imaging: Seeing nanostars: 23/01/15
• [Proteomics] First major analysis of Human Protein Atlas: 22/01/15